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Change Your Point Of View

By Eddie Lazzari

Change Your Point Of View Podcast is about building confidence in your own beliefs, morals, and opinions while challenging yourself to be open, humble, and curious about things you are unfamiliar with, don’t have experience in, or straight up disagree with.

We will explore concepts and ideas that will challenge you physically, mentally, and spiritually. Personal introspection is among the greatest skill-sets you will learn to hone. The foundation of your success is rooted in Trust, Gratitude, and Forgiveness.

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EP017: Veterans And Meditation – Does It Help? – Weekly Engagement

Change Your Point Of ViewDec 12, 2020

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🎙 EP246: Bird-Like Microdrones with Flapping Wings?

🎙 EP246: Bird-Like Microdrones with Flapping Wings?

🎧 On this episode of Change Your Point Of View Podcast, Bennett and Eddie discuss:

🟩 Segment 1 -
Fucking History (by: The Capitan)
  • Lesson: KIS(S)MET

🟩 Segment 2 - Book Review: Discipline Equals Freedom-Expanded Edition

  • Death
🟩 Segment 3 - Military News: This week Bennett and Eddie share their thoughts about:

🔦 Archive Episode Spotlight:

EP136: A Look Back on 2016 - The Best Of

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Jul 21, 202101:26:32
🎙 EP245: Happy 4th of July 2021
Jul 04, 202158:18
🎙 EP244: Something In Your Life Not Going So Well? Good!
Jun 16, 202101:59:30
🎙EP242: Stage Fright or Divorce Fight What Will It Be?

🎙EP242: Stage Fright or Divorce Fight What Will It Be?

🎧 On this episode of Change Your Point Of View Podcast, Bennett and Eddie discuss:

🟩 Segment 1 -
Fucking History (by: The Capitan)
  • Lesson: Stage Fright, Divorce Fight

🟩 Segment 2 - Book Review: Discipline Equals Freedom-Expanded Edition

  • Chapter: Bad Instincts,  Not Feeling It, Regret
🟩 Segment 3 - Military News: This week Bennett and Eddie share their thoughts about:


🔦 Archive Episode Spotlight:

EP152: Getting To Know Bennett Tanton

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May 05, 202102:10:51
🎙EP241: Fear of Failure, The War Path, & Sugar Coated Lies

🎙EP241: Fear of Failure, The War Path, & Sugar Coated Lies

🎧 On this episode of Change Your Point Of View Podcast, Bennett and Eddie discuss:

🟩 Segment 1 -
Fucking History (by: The Capitan)
  • Lesson: Two's a Couple, Three's a Crowd


🟩 Segment 2 - Book Review: Discipline Equals Freedom-Expanded Edition

  • Chapter: Fear of Failure, The War Path, Sugar Coated Lies
🟩 Segment 3 - Military News: This week Bennett and Eddie share their thoughts about:

🟩 Segment 4 - Topic of The Week: This week Bennett and Eddie tackle:

🔦 Archive Episode Spotlight:

BLK008: SOLDIER TURNED ACTOR PLAYING SOLDIER WITH ACTORS - WITH BILL YOUNG

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Apr 28, 202102:06:59
🎙EP240: Servant Leadership & Why Leaders Eat Last

🎙EP240: Servant Leadership & Why Leaders Eat Last

🎧 On this episode of Change Your Point Of View Podcast, Bennett and Eddie discuss:

🟩 Segment 1 - Fucking History (by: The Capitan)

  • Lesson: Timeless Beauty

🟩 Segment 2 - Book Review: Discipline Equals Freedom-Expanded Edition

  • Chapter: Default Aggressive, Nature vs. Nurture
🟩 Segment 3 - Military News: This week Bennett and Eddie share their thoughts about:

🟩 Segment 4 - Topic of The Week: This week Bennett and Eddie tackle:


🔦 Archive Episode Spotlight:

BLK007: Time Stands Still And The Loss Of Our Innocence - With James Vanni

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Apr 21, 202102:08:54
🎙EP236: Black Sunday Challenge EXTREME 4x4x44

🎙EP236: Black Sunday Challenge EXTREME 4x4x44

🎧 On this episode of Change Your Point Of View Podcast, Bennett and Eddie discuss: 🟩 Segment 1 - Fucking History (by: The Capitan) Lesson: A No Bull Shit Beginning 🟩 Segment 2 - Book Review: Discipline Equals Freedom-Expanded Edition Chapter: Part One - Thoughts 🟩 Segment 3 - Military News: This week Bennett and Eddie share their thoughts about: Microsoft Training Academy Veterans Salesforce Military 🟩 Segment 4 - Topic of The Week: This week Bennett and Eddie tackle: Black Sunday Challenge - Extreme 4x4x44 🔦 Archive Episode Spotlight: BLK003: STAND YOUR GROUND WHATEVER THE COST - WITH LORENZO NATHAN Join Us Over At Our Facebook Group --> Change Your POV Squad
Apr 15, 202102:34:36
🎙EP239: Do What You Can, Take What You Get, Never Stop Moving Forward

🎙EP239: Do What You Can, Take What You Get, Never Stop Moving Forward

🎧 On this episode of Change Your Point Of View Podcast, Bennett and Eddie discuss:

🟩 Segment 1 -
Fucking History (by: The Capitan)
  • Lesson: Haters Gonna Hate

🟩 Segment 2 - Book Review: Discipline Equals Freedom-Expanded Edition

  • Chapter: Questions, Fight, & Compromise
🟩 Segment 3 - Military News: This week Bennett and Eddie share their thoughts about:

🟩 Segment 4 - Topic of The Week: This week Bennett and Eddie tackle:

  • Black Sunday Challenge EXTREME Post-Op

🔦 Archive Episode Spotlight:

BLK006: SUICIDE THE HIDDEN WAR AND THE AFTERSHOCK IT LEAVES – WITH SYLVIA MACIAS

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Apr 15, 202101:48:28
🎙EP238: Only 0.0000025% Of The Veteran Community Charged With Crimes For Actions At The Capital
Mar 31, 202102:21:31
🎙EP237: The History Of St. Patrick's Day ☘

🎙EP237: The History Of St. Patrick's Day ☘

🎧 On this episode of Change Your Point Of View Podcast, Bennett and Eddie discuss:

🟩 Segment 1 -
Fucking History (by: The Capitan)
  • Lesson: Getting Ghosted


🟩 Segment 2 - Book Review: Discipline Equals Freedom-Expanded Edition

  • Chapter: Weakness and Stress
🟩 Segment 3 - Military News: This week Bennett and Eddie share their thoughts about:

🟩 Segment 4 - Topic of The Week: This week Bennett and Eddie tackle:

🔦 Archive Episode Spotlight:

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Mar 17, 202102:19:00
EP235: True Leadership - Skillset vs. Mindset
Mar 03, 202102:26:30
EP234: The Contract With Black America

EP234: The Contract With Black America

On this episode of Change Your Point Of View Podcast, Bennett and Eddie discuss:

Segment 1 - Book Review: Book (About Face, The Odyssey of an American Warrior. by, Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., and Julie Sherman). This week Bennett and Eddie discuss

Part II - Chapter: 13 - Screaming Eagles

Grab yourself a copy of this book on Amazon today! Here is the link --> ABOUT FACE

Segment 2 - Military News: This week Bennett and Eddie share their thoughts about

Segment 3 - Topic of The Week: This week Bennett and Eddie tackle:

  • What Motivates Us?

Archive Episode Spotlight:

EP204: Christopher Lochhead, Part 2

Here are some links to what was discussed this week

Feb 24, 202101:54:09
EP233: Black Sunday Challenge And Other Events You Can Participate In
Feb 24, 202101:57:13
EP232: Tools We're Using To Crush 2021

EP232: Tools We're Using To Crush 2021

On this episode of Change Your Point Of View Podcast, Bennett and Eddie discuss:

Segment 1 - Book Review: Book (About Face, The Odyssey of an American Warrior. by, Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., and Julie Sherman). This week Bennett and Eddie discuss Chapter: 11 - This Ain't The Army, Mr. Jones

Grab yourself a copy of this book on Amazon today! Here is the link --> ABOUT FACE

Segment 2 - Military News: This week Bennett and Eddie share their thoughts about

Segment 3 - Topic of The Week: This week Bennett and Eddie tackle:

  • Tools we're using to crush 2021

Archive Episode Spotlight:

EP097: Cliff Ravenscraft Setting An Example Through Health And Fitness – How Did He Do It?

  • The Cliff Ravenscraft Show
  • Podcast Answer Man
  • Check out other interviews with Cliff on Entrepreneur On Fire with JLD, and Smart Passive Income with Pat Flinn
Feb 24, 202102:26:45
EP231: Transformation of your Mind, Body, and Spirit

EP231: Transformation of your Mind, Body, and Spirit

On this episode of Change Your Point Of View Podcast, Bennett and Eddie discuss:

Segment 1 - Book Review: Book (About Face, The Odyssey of an American Warrior. by, Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., and Julie Sherman). This week Bennett and Eddie discuss

Chapter: 10 - Black ShoesGrab yourself a copy of this book on Amazon today! Here is the link --> ABOUT FACE

Segment 2 - Military News: This week Bennett and Eddie share their thoughts about

  • Biden Calls National Guard Chief After Troops Briefly Ordered to Take Breaks in Garage

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/01/22/biden-calls-national-guard-chief-after-troops-briefly-ordered-take-breaks-garage.html

  • Top enlisted soldier at Fort Hood reinstated, cleared of wrongdoing, officials say

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2021/01/23/top-enlisted-soldier-at-fort-hood-reinstated-cleared-of-wrongdoing-officials-say/

Segment 3 - Topic of The Week: This week Bennett and Eddie tackle:

  • Transformation of your mind, body, and spirit
  • 5 Steps for Mental, Spiritual, and Physical Rejuvenation

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/5-steps-for-mental-spirit_b_2525894

Archive Episode Spotlight:
EP065: Live A More Fulfilling Life With Trust, Gratitude, And Forgiveness

Feb 24, 202102:19:27
EP230: MLK And The 2021 Inauguration

EP230: MLK And The 2021 Inauguration

Calm The Fu*K Down Wellness! 

Feb 24, 202101:59:17
EP229: Enough Of Your Cancel Culture!
Feb 24, 202102:21:38
EP228: Crazy Active State Laws Still On The Books!

EP228: Crazy Active State Laws Still On The Books!

On this episode of Change Your Point Of View Podcast, Bennett and Eddie discuss:

Segment 1 - Book Review: Book (About Face, The Odyssey of an American Warrior. by, Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., and Julie Sherman).

This week Bennett and Eddie discuss Chapter: 7 - Hill 400Grab yourself a copy of this book on Amazon today! Here is the link --> ABOUT FACE

Segment 2 - Military News: This week Bennett and Eddie share their thoughts about  
The Air Force Has Big Plans for Its Flying Car in 2021
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/12/31/air-force-has-big-plans-its-flying-car-2021.html

Segment 3 - Topic of The Week: This week Bennett and Eddie tackle:
15 weird US laws you may be surprised to know to exist
https://www.businessinsider.com/weird-us-laws

Archive Episode

Spotlight:
EP040: Battle In Sadr City 04-04-04 With Jay Fondren

Here are some links to what was discussed this week

Feb 24, 202101:58:56
EP227: Top 10 Books of 2020, Top 10 on the list for 2021

EP227: Top 10 Books of 2020, Top 10 on the list for 2021

What's New with the show?

Website: https://www.changeyourpov.com/
-Buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ChangeYourPOV
-Anchor: https://anchor.fm/changeyourpov

On this episode of Change Your Point Of View Podcast, Bennett and Eddie discuss:

Segment 1 - Book Review: Book (About Face, The Odyssey of an American Warrior. by, Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., and Julie Sherman). This week Bennett and Eddie discuss

Chapter: 6 - The Only Game In Town

Grab yourself a copy of this book on Amazon today! Here is the link --> ABOUT FACE

Segment 2 - Military News: This week Bennett and Eddie share their thoughts about all the Presidential Pardons!

Segment 3 - Topic of The Week: This week Bennett and Eddie tackle

Eddie Top 5 Books of 2020:
1.) Fortitude - by Dan Crenshaw
2.) Never Split the Difference - by Chris Voss
3.) Turn The Ship Around - by L. David Marquet
4.) Leadership Strategy and Tactics - by Jocko Willink
5.) About Face - by Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret

Bennett Top 5 Books of 2020:
1.) Fortitude - by Dan Crenshaw
2.) Leadership Strategy and Tactics - by Jocko Willink
3.) Breathe - The New Science Of A Lost Art - by James Nester
4.) Man Up -
5.) The Terminal List, True Believer, Savage Son, The Delves Hand - by Jack Carr
6.) Warlord (series the last kingdom)

Eddie's Top 5 Book List For 2021:
1.) Greenlights - by Matthew McConaughey
2.) Thanks for the Feedback - The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well
3.) Think Like a Monk - Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day - by Jay Shetty
4.) Permanent Record - By Edward Snowden
5.) Shoe Dog - A Memoir by the Creator of Nike - by Phil Knight

Bennett's Top 5 Book List For 2021:
1.) Beyond Order - Jordan Peterson
2.) The Devils' Hand - by
3.) Atomic Habits - by
4.) Range - by Davis Epstein
5.) Dan Bongino books

Archive Episode Spotlight:
EP034: Hovercraft Gunship Gunner in Vietnam – With Russ Waltman – Part 1

Feb 24, 202102:04:01
EP226: Not Up For A New Years Resolution? Try Reflection For 2021
Feb 24, 202102:02:53
EP225: 10 Things To Let Go Of In Order To Move Forward

EP225: 10 Things To Let Go Of In Order To Move Forward

In this episode of Change Your Point Of View Podcast, Bennett and Eddie talk about what it takes to move forward.

Segment 1 - Book Review: Book (About Face, The Odyssey of an American Warrior. by, Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., and Julie Sherman). This week Bennett and Eddie discuss

Chapter 4: The Wolfhounds

Grab yourself a copy of this book on Amazon today! Here is the link -->  ABOUT FACE

Segment 2 - Military News: This week Bennett and Eddie share their thoughts about  The Army-Navy Game (GO ARMY!)

Segment 3 - Topic of The Week: This week Bennett and Eddie tackle 10 things to let go of in order to move forward.

Archive Episode Spotlight:

EP017: Veterans And Meditation – Does It Help? – Weekly Engagement

Here are some links to what was discussed this week  

Fan of the show and want to show us a little love? Now you can! Buy Us A Coffee

Feb 24, 202102:11:32
EP224: Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Health Issues

EP224: Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Health Issues

Change Your POV Podcast stretching the limits of your comfort level, opening your eyes and mind to see things from a different perspective.

Segment 1 - Book Review: Book (About Face, The Odyssey of an American Warrior. by, Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., and Julie Sherman). This week Bennett and Eddie discuss

Chapter 3:  Hit And Run

Grab yourself a copy of this book on Amazon today! Here is the link -->  ABOUT FACE

Segment 2 - Military News: This week Bennett and Eddie share their thoughts about the water contamination problem at Camp Lejeune.

Segment 3 - Topic of The Week: This week Bennett and Eddie tackle the recent virtual event Veteran Social Summit, and raise the question, "Do outgoing Presidents abuse their power?"

Flashback Episode: EP113: Don’t Be A Dumb Ass – You Need To Have A Plan When You Get Out

Here are some links to what was discussed this week  

Feb 24, 202101:42:23
EP223: Get Some Self Introspection By Sitting In Your Shitty Diapers

EP223: Get Some Self Introspection By Sitting In Your Shitty Diapers

Change Your POV Podcast stretching the limits of your comfort level, opening your eyes and mind to see things from a different perspective.

On this episode of Change Your Point Of View Podcast Bennett and Eddie discuss:

Segment 1 - Military News: This week Bennett and Eddie share their thoughts about COVID-19 and how our ancestor's dealt with their own pandemic during Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving 1918 took place during a deadly pandemic. What can it teach us for Thanksgiving 2020?

Segment 2 - Book Review: Book (About Face, The Odyssey of an American Warrior. by, Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., and Julie Sherman).

This week Bennett and Eddie discuss Chapter 2 - Brown Shoes

Grab yourself a copy of this book on Amazon today! Here is the link --> ABOUT FACE

Segment 3 - Topic of The Week: This week Bennett and Eddie discuss just how bad your resumes truly are! What do you look for in the ideal candidate? and our favorite subject... Sitting in your own shitty diapers!

Here are some links to what was discussed this week

Feb 24, 202102:12:22
EP222: 75 Hard - Do You Have What It Takes?

EP222: 75 Hard - Do You Have What It Takes?

On this episode of Change Your Point Of View Podcast Bennett and Eddie discuss:

Segment 1: (Book Review - About Face) Chapter 1: 6 February 1951

Segment 2: (Military News) ICBM's Shot Down in Space

Segment 3: 75-Hard

You will not want to miss this show!

Feb 24, 202101:53:58
EP221: Happy Birthday Marines! Is The USMC Going Away?

EP221: Happy Birthday Marines! Is The USMC Going Away?

On this epic relaunch episode of Change Your Point Of View Podcast, longtime hosts Bennett and Eddie explore their new long-form show format.

Segment 1 - Book Review: Book (About Face, The Odyssey of an American Warrior. by, Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., and Julie Sherman). This week Bennett and Eddie discuss the Introduction, Author Notes, and Forward by Jocko Willink. A great discussion you won't want to miss!

Grab yourself a copy of this book on Amazon today! Here is the link --> ABOUT FACE

Segment 2 - Military News: This week Bennett and Eddie share their thoughts about Veterans Day, the Marine Corps Birthday, and whether or not a newly appointed Pentagon advisor will abolish the USMC.

Segment 3 - Topic of The Week: This week Bennett and Eddie tackle the very controversial and polarizing topic of the Presidency, Politics, and Owning your own behavior. What?

Here are some links to what was discussed this week

Feb 24, 202101:51:14
EP220: Change Your Point Of View - Relaunch
Feb 24, 202137:51
EP217: Plan - Leading Up And Down The Chain Of Command

EP217: Plan - Leading Up And Down The Chain Of Command

We've all heard the saying, "Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail" This week Eddie and Bennett talk about the next two chapters of "Extreme Ownership" Plan and Leading up and down the Chain of Command.

You won't want to miss this episode!

Feb 24, 202101:59:36
EP216: Sympathy, Empathy, And Identifying Pronouns-OHHH MYYYYY!

EP216: Sympathy, Empathy, And Identifying Pronouns-OHHH MYYYYY!

How tolerant are you when it comes to things you don't know about? How expansive is your emotional literacy?
How willing are you to have hard conversations?
How often do you lean in when it becomes uncomfortable?

This week Bennett and Eddie talk about things that most only whisper about. Let's all muster up a bit of courage and have some really hard conversations while keeping things civil!

There are always 3 sides to every conversation. What I say and believe, what you say and believe, and then there is the truth somewhere in the middle.

Feb 24, 202101:49:23
EP215: Prioritize and Execute - Decentralized Command

EP215: Prioritize and Execute - Decentralized Command

First, find out what the most important things are that need to get done, then do it! If you want things done quicker and more efficiently, give your people the power and authority to do the work!

That's what Bennett and Eddie talk about this week, Chapters 7 and 8, Prioritize and Execute and Decentralized Command.

Feb 24, 202101:23:33
EP214: Keep It Simple, Cover And Move

EP214: Keep It Simple, Cover And Move

Have you ever sat in a meeting and listened to a business plan and thought to yourself, "wow now that is a lofty plan!"

Or perhaps you are with your significant other as they begin to unfold their grandioso idea of what your next weekend is shaping up to look like?

Or on the battlefield when that well-meaning Lieutenant cracks open his planning book and spread out his battle map over the hood of your truck and the lines and shapes you see before you have the makings of what is sure to lead to someone walking away with a Medal of Honor ... but it ain't you?

What do all of these scenarios have in common? That's right... They all lack SIMPLICITY!

This week Bennett and Eddie talk about two of the most critical yet often overlooked concepts of any endeavor... Keeping things simple, and Cover and Move!

Feb 24, 202101:55:27
EP213: You Must Believe And Check Your Ego

EP213: You Must Believe And Check Your Ego

You must first ask "Why" before you can "Know". You must "Know" before you can "Believe". You must "Bleve" before you can "Commit". You must "Commit" before you can "Succeed"

Ask Why

Must Know

Must Believe

Must Commit

To Succeed

Oh... And let's not forget about that little thing called "Your Ego"!!

Feb 24, 202101:48:53
EP212: Extreme Ownership - There Are No Bad Teams

EP212: Extreme Ownership - There Are No Bad Teams

In this episode of Change Your Point of View, Bennett and Eddie discuss Chapter 1 and 2 of Extreme Ownership. The concept of Extreme Ownership and what that means to you and the very hard topic of No bad teams, only bad leaders.

Fasten your seatbelts and get ready to look inside yourself!

Feb 24, 202102:31:10
HST088: 2018 Year In Review

HST088: 2018 Year In Review

Welcome to Episode 88 of the Head Space and Timing Podcast. Here it is, the last podcast of the year. This is also the last podcast that will be hosted by the Change Your POV Podcast Network. In this episode, I’m going to look back at 2018, talk about some of the most downloaded shows, and talk about how things are going to change moving forward.

Feb 24, 202114:45
EDVET25: I Turned Down An Offer, What Do I Tell The Company

EDVET25: I Turned Down An Offer, What Do I Tell The Company

Learn the importance of managing your employment offers. 

Feb 22, 202104:19
HST087: The COMMIT Foundation with Anne Meree Craig

HST087: The COMMIT Foundation with Anne Meree Craig

Anne Meree served as a civil servant deploying around the world in direct strategic and operational support to the interagency. In 2010, after having her second child, she left the government and founded Maxemi LLC, a consulting business aimed at relationship navigation, strategy development, and research.

She has worked as the Chief Administrative Officer at McChrystal Group and as the Director of Strategic Initiatives at Berico Technologies. Her clients included Deloitte and General Dynamics. Anne Meree feels blessed to have not just served at the tip of the spear but to also have married into it.

She believes it provides her a unique understanding of the work she currently does at COMMIT. Anne Meree is gifted at connecting dots in creating serendipity for our Veterans and works to grow the enduring relationships necessary to enable real success. Anne Meree sits on the National Board of Directors for Bunker Labs. She holds an M.A. from Middlebury College and a B.A. from Wofford College.

Anne Meree hails from the deep south but now calls Bozeman, Montana home. She and her husband continue their own transition, growing their family, and raising their three awesome kids.

In this Episode, you will learn:
  • Anne Meree's Background and Experience
  • 3 Gaps identified by the COMMIT Foundation:
    Gap in Information
    Gap in Confidence
    Gap in Imagination
  • Challenges facing high performing veterans
  • COMMIT and a non-clinical approach to veteran mental health
  • Mentorship and Mentoring Workshops
Feb 22, 202153:14
EDVET24: Converting Military Experience - 80-20 Rule

EDVET24: Converting Military Experience - 80-20 Rule

Getting out of the military soon, or are you already out and looking for information about converting Military Experience?

Feb 22, 202109:55
HST086: Neuroflow and Technology with Christopher Molaro

HST086: Neuroflow and Technology with Christopher Molaro

Chris Molaro is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY, and served for 5 years as a Field Artillery Army officer. He deployed to combat as a platoon leader, where he was awarded the Bronze Star and walked away with a passionate appreciation for how the effectiveness of humans can be improved if trained to be mentally resilient. After transitioning off active duty, Chris co-founded the Veteran literacy non-profit Things We Read, and has received his MBA as a graduate of The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 2017.

He now serves as the CEO of the digital health software company, NeuroFlow, which uses advanced data analytics from wearables to objectively measure mental states and emotions for behavioral health, wellness, and performance applications.

In this episode, you will learn:
  • Chris' background and experiences
  • Integrating physical health and wellness with mental health and wellness
  • Collaboration with mental health professionals
  • Development and description of Neuroflow
  • Therapy not need to be a life-long thing
Feb 22, 202157:32
EDVET23: Do Simple Phone Interviews Matter

EDVET23: Do Simple Phone Interviews Matter

Can you have an effective phone interview, and do simple interviews matter? YES!

Feb 22, 202105:56
HST085: Moral Injury with Dr Shira Maguen

HST085: Moral Injury with Dr Shira Maguen

Shira Maguen, Ph.D. is Mental Health Director of the OEF/OIF Integrated Care Clinic and Staff Psychologist on the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Clinical Team (PCT) at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC), and Associate Professor in the Dept. of Psychiatry, UCSF School of Medicine. She is also the San Francisco site lead for the VA Women’s Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) and co-director of the SFVAMC MIRECC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.

Dr. Maguen completed her internship and postdoctoral training at the National Center for PTSD at the VA Boston Healthcare System after receiving her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Georgia State University. She is involved with both the research and clinical components of the PTSD program. Her research interests fall under the umbrella of PTSD, moral injury, and suicide, and include risk and resilience factors in veterans, with a particular focus on female veterans. Dr. Maguen was the recipient of a VA Health Services Research and Development Grant that examined the impact of killing in veterans of war and moral injury. She has four additional grants that examine a novel treatment for veterans who have killed in war; trauma-related eating problems in female veterans; the effectiveness of evidence-based treatments in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans via natural language processing; and the effectiveness of a behaviorally-based treatment for insomnia (BBTI) in primary care. She recently completed a grant that examines PTSD and co-morbid conditions in OIF/OEF female veterans, and one that examines mild TBI and PTSD in OIF/OEF veterans.

Dr. Maguen is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed publications, most of which focus on veteran mental health. She also works in a clinical capacity within the OEF/OIF Integrated Care Clinic and treating veterans with evidence-based treatments for PTSD. She supervises research health fellows and other trainees in evidence-based treatments for PTSD and provides mentorship for trauma-focused research fellows.

In this episode, you will learn:
  • Shira's background and experience
  • Looking at veteran mental health needs as developmental; different needs at different stages
  • The Origins of the concept of moral injury
  • Similarities and differences between PTSD and Moral Injury
  • Moral Injury and relationships
  • Definition of moral injury
  • Cultural expectations and influences on moral injury
  • Interventions that impact moral injury
Links Mentioned In This Episode:

Dr. Maguen's email address: Shira.Maguen@va.gov

Articles published by Dr. Maguen and colleagues

Veteran Mental Health Boot Camp(Includes episode with Dr. Joseph Currier)

Feb 22, 202154:29
EDVET22: I Need A Mentor

EDVET22: I Need A Mentor

If you are the smartest person in the room you are in the wrong room. If you are interested in growing then you need a mentor

Feb 22, 202105:23
HST084: Treatmentworksforvets with Bradley Karlin

HST084: Treatmentworksforvets with Bradley Karlin

Brad Karlin, Ph.D., is a vice president and chief of mental health and aging at EDC. He leads EDC’s work with public and private health care systems to promote the dissemination and delivery of evidence-based psychological treatments and to improve mental health and dementia care for older adults.

Karlin has been instrumental in advancing the delivery of evidence-based psychological treatments and enhancing geriatric mental health services at national and local levels. Prior to joining EDC, Karlin served as the National Mental Health Director for Psychotherapy and Psychogeriatrics for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system, where he developed and oversaw the nation’s largest dissemination of evidence-based psychotherapies and transformed geriatric mental health services.

Karlin is board-certified in geropsychology and is the recipient of numerous awards, including the inaugural Award for Outstanding Contributions to Continuing Professional Development in Psychology from the American Psychological Association (APA), a Certificate of Commendation from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the Outstanding Administrator Award from the VA section of APA. He has also led numerous national committees and workgroups, including serving as chair of an Institute of Medicine panel on implementation models and systems.

Karlin earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Texas A&M University and completed a clinical internship and postdoctoral fellowship in geropsychology. He is the current president of the Society of Clinical Psychology and is a fellow of the American Psychological Association.

In this episode, you will learn:
  • Brad's background and experience
  • The Treatment Works for Vets Website
  • Barriers to Care for veterans and services
  • Getting information to veterans the way they want it
  • Substance Abuse, Insomnia, and Depression surveys
  • Awareness Tools
  • Provider Toolkit
  • Generating Treatment Readiness
Links Mentioned In This Episode:

TreatmentWorksForVets.Org

Feb 22, 202159:01
EP210: Memorial Day - What Does It Mean?

EP210: Memorial Day - What Does It Mean?

We all enjoy time with our friends and family. We also look forward to the official start of summer and BBQs, and all the things that represent Memorial Day Weekend.

This week Bennett and Eddie discuss what this day means to them and hopefully will open your eyes to what it means to you. Change Your Point Of View!

Feb 22, 202102:22:10
HST083 Building Mental Fitness with Dr Kate Hendricks Thomas
Feb 22, 202159:12
MM117: Motivation Monday - Eddie Lazzari

MM117: Motivation Monday - Eddie Lazzari

QUOTE:
"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation."
– Plato
Feb 22, 202105:46
HST082 Prolonged Exposure Research with Dr. Carmen McLean

HST082 Prolonged Exposure Research with Dr. Carmen McLean

Dr. Carmen McLean is a Clinical Psychologist with the Dissemination and Training Division of the National Center for PTSD and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania

Education:
Exchange (Psychology)
Lancaster University, 2001.
B.A. (Psychology)
University of British Columbia, 2002.
M.A. (Psychology)
University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2005.
Ph.D. (Psychology)
University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2008.

Post-Graduate Training
Psychology Intern (predoctoral training), Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, 2007-2008.
Clinical Research Fellow, National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, 2008-2010.
Teaching Fellow, Division of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, 2008-2010.
Instructor B, Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2010-2011.

In This Particular Episode You Will Learn:

  • Carmen's background and experience
  • Research in Prolonged Exposure Therapy
  • Avoiding therapy to protect the clinician
  • Veterans seeking resources in the middle of the night
  • Training for providers
  • Finding the right clients for Prolonged Exposure
  • Preparing a veteran to recall experiences
  • Informing clients about treatment
Feb 21, 202101:00:21
MM116: Motivation Monday - Bennett Tanton

MM116: Motivation Monday - Bennett Tanton

QUOTE:
"Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.”
– Colin Powell
Feb 21, 202104:45
MM115: Motivation Monday - Eddie Lazzari

MM115: Motivation Monday - Eddie Lazzari

QUOTE:
"Whoever knocks persistently, ends by entering."
– Ali
Feb 21, 202105:46
HST081 Cohen Veteran Network Outreach with Matt Wetenkamp

HST081 Cohen Veteran Network Outreach with Matt Wetenkamp

Matthew Wetenkamp is the outreach manager and leads the Outreach and Communications team at the Cohen Military Family Clinic. In this role, he ensures the Cohen Clinic maintains strong partnerships and connections to and within the Denver veteran community, including veteran service organizations (VSO’s), military installations, veterans, and their families.  He believes that collaboration must override the drive for competition among Veteran Service Organizations in order for the veteran population to thrive. Matthew is also a U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran and has worked in veteran services since 2012.

In This Particular Episode You Will Learn:

  • Matt's background and experience
  • Disengaging and Re-engaging with veterans after leaving the service
  • Identifying the need for veteran mental health
  • The need to have a good connection with a mental health provider for therapy to be effective
  • Recognizing the benefit of good mental health
  • Translating between the veteran and the mental health profession
  • All veteran support services are in the veteran mental health business
Feb 21, 202101:01:18
MM114: Motivation Monday - Bennett Tanton

MM114: Motivation Monday - Bennett Tanton

QUOTE:
“The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.”
– Norman Schwarzkopf
Feb 21, 202104:45
HST080: Veteran Mental Health Research with Dr. Terri Tanilien

HST080: Veteran Mental Health Research with Dr. Terri Tanilien

Terri Tanielian is a senior behavioral scientist and a nationally recognized expert on veteran mental health. Her areas of interest include military and veterans health policy; military suicide; military sexual assault; psychological effects of combat, terrorism, and disasters. She has led multiple studies to assess the needs of veterans and to examine the readiness of private healthcare providers to deliver timely, high-quality care to veterans and their families. She has also examined community-based models for expanding mental health care for returning veterans and their families.

As the former director of the RAND Center for Military Health Policy Research, she spent a decade overseeing RAND's diverse military health research portfolio. She was the co–study director for a large, nongovernmental assessment of the psychological, emotional, and cognitive consequences of deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan entitled Invisible Wounds of War: Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, Their Consequences, and Services to Assist Recovery. She was also the co-director for RAND's study Hidden Heroes: America's Military Caregivers, the first representative study of military caregiving in the United States.

Tanielian has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and reports. She was a member of the planning committee for the 18th, 22nd, and 26th Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy, which focused on mental health needs and recovery following September 11, Hurricane Katrina, and deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan, respectively. She serves on the National Academy of Medicine's Standing Committee on Health Threats and Resilience. She earned her M.A. in psychology from American University.

Feb 21, 202156:51